A Secret to Success This New Year: Become Committed and Resilient

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Mom and son celebrating the new year in the Bahamas in 2025! "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Confucius Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three , working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. 2025 was intense. I faced a convergence of pressures: the stress of navigating life as a single mom while paying considerable  alimony ,  an intensifying family situation since we lost my beloved aunt, my dad, and my cousin’s mom—work related stress—learning a new job after an imposed job change, all while navigating the rapid pace of raising my kids and trying to maintain a standard of living for them with fewer resources. Together, these factor...
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I'm in NYC this weekend, viewing the city, visiting with friends and family, and taking it all in.

It's been written about so much because it is true. There is no where like NYC. We left Manhattan and within thirty minutes, English had become a foreign language. We were in the Bronx and Spanish was all around. We even stopped in a bodega to get directions only to find out that the store worker spoke limited English. Go figure?!

In any event, I will have much more to update later. I am off to dine and party. I do enjoy living in Pittsburgh, but there's no place like New York!!!
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